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单词 potato race
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potato race


noun

a novelty race in which each contestant must move a number of potatoes from one place to another, usually in a spoon, carrying one potato at a time.

Origin of potato race

First recorded in 1880–85

Words nearby potato race

potato crisp, potato famine, Irish, potato leafhopper, potato moth, potato psyllid, potato race, potatory, potato tuberworm, potato vine, potato worm, pot-au-feu
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Example sentences from the Web for potato race

  • What if you couldn't get a clotheshorse to run in a potato-race?

    Garrison's Finish|W. B. M. Ferguson
  • First came the sack-races; then the pole-climbing; then the potato-race.

    The Hallowell Partnership|Katharine Holland Brown
  • Even Phyllis Norton was shrieking in a potato-race, and only laughed when she fell and soiled her immaculate lace frock.

    A Terrible Tomboy|Angela Brazil
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